Beginning on 1 December 2025 and 1 January 2026, important adjustments will happen within the administration of Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG.
Michael Schiebe, Chairman of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-AMG GmbH and Head of the High Finish Automobile (TEV) Group, joined the Board of Administration for Manufacturing, High quality & Provide Chain Administration as of 1 December 2025.
Schiebe replaces Jörg Burzer, who as of 1 December will assume duty for the Board of Administration division of Improvement & Buying and the position of Chief Expertise Officer (CTO).
In flip, Burzer replaces Markus Schäfer, who’s ending his profession at Mercedes after 30 extremely profitable years.
The brand new head of Mercedes-AMG, changing Michael Schiebe, is Stefan Weckbach, who comes from VW, the place he was the closest advisor to VW CEO Oliver Blume. Weckbach will take over the place as head of AMG beginning 1 July 2026. Weckbach will additionally turn out to be Head of the High Finish Automobile (TEV) Group. Till then, Michael Schiebe will function interim head of Mercedes-AMG.
At 49 years previous, Stefan Weckbach will report on to the brand new CTO, Jörg Burzer. At one level, Weckbach was thought of the successor to Oliver Blume on the Porsche model. Nonetheless, the Porsche Supervisory Board finally opted for Michael Leiters, former McLaren CEO. The choice of the Porsche Supervisory Board helps clarify, to some extent, why Weckbach determined to go away the VW Group.
Weckbach faces an immense problem, as he can be answerable for launching the primary standalone electrical AMG mannequin that has no counterpart within the Mercedes lineup. This refers back to the manufacturing model of the Mercedes-AMG GT XX idea, based mostly on the brand new AMG.EA electrical structure, in addition to its SUV variant.
Jörg Burzer has been a member of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz AG since 2019 and a member of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz Group AG since December 2021. He’s at the moment answerable for Manufacturing, High quality & Provide Chain Administration. On this position, he manages the worldwide manufacturing community with over 30 areas for automobiles, powertrains, and batteries, in addition to worldwide logistics processes. Beforehand, he held varied worldwide administration positions throughout the firm. He started his profession on the former DaimlerChrysler AG in 1999 after graduating with a level in engineering from the College of Erlangen–Nuremberg and incomes a doctorate in engineering.
Michael Schiebe has been Chairman of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-AMG GmbH and Head of the High Finish Automobile (TEV) Group since March 2023. He has been with the Group since 2004, starting his profession on the former Daimler AG whereas nonetheless a pupil. He has held varied administration positions in Germany and overseas, together with CEO of Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg and Head of Gross sales for Mercedes-Benz Passenger Automobiles in Germany. From 2020 to 2023, he reported to CEO Ola Källenius as Chief of Workers and headed the Company Workplace of Mercedes-Benz Group AG.
Markus Schäfer has been a member of the Board of Administration since Might 2019 and has headed the Improvement & Buying division. Since December 2021, he has served as Chief Expertise Officer. On this position, he has been accountable at Group stage for the holistic improvement technique of Mercedes-Benz Automobiles in addition to buying. Markus Schäfer started his profession in 1990 by means of the worldwide junior administration program. Within the following many years, he held quite a few administration positions in Germany and overseas, together with Plant Supervisor in Egypt, CEO of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa (USA), Head of Manufacturing Planning, Divisional Board Member for Mercedes-Benz Automobiles Manufacturing & Provide Chain, and Chief Working Officer.
After a profession of greater than 30 years at Mercedes-Benz, Markus Schäfer introduced on his LinkedIn account that as of 1 December 2025 he’s the co-founder of a brand new firm known as Russell AI Labs, which focuses on constructing and backing next-generation clever applied sciences.
